Poorly installed patch

Rust thru the header panel

Rust above the doors

floor rust

Rust inide and out

replacing with an Idaho cab, very little rust, one cab corner.

Saving a fortune in repairs

Hood looks good

Block sanding shows the dents

Rust holes in bottom of fender

Rust holes above the headlight.

Edge had 1/4 inch of filler

Time to remove the ugly

Uglier under the patch

Formed 2 curved patches and tack welded in place

All welded in place and ground smooth.

Careful measuring to cut and replace with new reproduction piece.

After 2 trimmings, spot weld in place.

Now to remove the outer skin

After several several trim and fit attempts, welded in place. Removed rust area above, will make a new piece from scratch.

transmission dipstick mounted to firewall, no clearance for the original.

steering u_joints routed

Plenty of clearance between manifold and steering shaft.

hood finally on and adjusted

bedliner sprayed on inner steps

22 foot piece of 2x4 tubing for flatbed frame
a lot of careful measuring and cutting

test bcut and bent a 2 ft for doing the corners

test fitting

1 1/2 x 3 inch tubing for stake post holes with bar stock welded across bottom

first pocket completed, 7 more to go

bent and tack welded, now to make filler pieces tor top and bottom

rear corners done

Front corners done

First time out of shop in months